Tag: Susan Garrett
Standard Runs
Here are our standard runs from the weekend’s Ontario Regionals. Both dogs ran at 26″ Enjoy! Today I am grateful for a chance to work out with Jill again here in southern Florida.
Read moreNature Explodes on Us At Home
SOoo good to be home, even if it is only going to be for two days before I head away for another month. DeCaff and Buzzy where thrilled to see us walk through the door. Encore and Feature arrive home with Lynda this morning. While we where away Mother Nature had lots of fun! Today [...]
Read moreWork Your Front Cross Timing While I Head Home
Note: if you are an OCD type like myself, you may not want to check out this link– it could be addictive! For the rest of you, I think this is more than just a fun computer game. I am always searching for ways to help my students improve their front cross timing. Here is [...]
Read moreOn Vacation
John and I have stayed over a week here in the UK. We visited with his brothers for a couple of days (this picture was taken in the Yorkshire dales near where John grew up) Then we had a lovely visit with Feature’s breeders Sharon & David and was joined by Hazel who owns Feature’s [...]
Read moreDoes this Mean 2×2 Training Doesn’t Work?
At the recent IFCS World Championships in England Encore really struggled with her weave entries. Believe it or not I actually had people come up to me telling me they where concerned as they just bought my 2×2 Weave Training DVD and wondered if I felt they should train that way? Too funny. First of [...]
Read moreMore Videos From the 2010 IFCS World Championships
Here are a couple more videos. I hope to get one more up of Encores runs. Enjoy! And this one is just fun. Today I am grateful that Heathrow airport is once again open so the dogs and the team can fly home (John and I are staying here another week to visit with his [...]
Read moreVideos Up!
I will try to get more videos up but for now here is our Standard runs. Enjoy! Today I am grateful that the volcano is settling down and team will get to fly home tomorrow.
Read moreSTRESSED! It is More Than Just Desserts Spelled Backwards
Following up on last week’s post on stressing. First let me explain a bit further about what I mean about “anchoring”. Basically it is a classically conditioned response. Here is something I do to give myself a “good anchor”. Anytime I have a massage or other other relaxing pleasant experience. Before I get off the [...]
Read moreUpdates From the Motherland
Well our IFCS 2010 adventure began last weekend. We had a team practice locally and then the team came back to our place for dinner and a photo shoot. Our team managers Tracy Sklenar and her assistant Nina Durante have done a super job of organizing us all. From the group vet check on Friday [...]
Read moreStressing Dogs, Dancing Humans & Weirdly Inappropriate Reinforcement
Stress. It is a hot topic. At every seminar I teach someone will tell me about their “stressy” dog and how they (as the handler) will need to alter my instructions in order to deflect the stress of the environment away from this woeful creature. Here is the thing. It is an incredibly difficult lesson [...]
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